Yale @ Cornell 02/11/17

[upprdeck]

the yale goalie played great though. we should have been up 4-0. then probably yale earned about 3 in the end it should have been about 5-3.. the 3rd was pretty even.  yale had good pressure but still we had multiple point blank plays that didnt go in.

it kills this team that we dont clear the puck when given the chance,   but when we do get it into the offensive end the cycle is as good as it has been in years with creating chances not just puck control.

[TimV]

I don't particularly want to play Yale in the QF.

This year there's NOBODY in the ECAC that's  a QF creampuff.

[upprdeck]

I wonder what kind of crowd shows up tomorrow with the nasty forecast..  hopefully campus doesnt lose power again

[BearLover]

I wonder what kind of crowd shows up tomorrow with the nasty forecast..  hopefully campus doesnt lose power again

I've been largely impressed with the crowds lately...it's too bad we've blown so many leads in front of them.

[Dafatone]

I wonder if we're playing at a bit too high a pace early on.  Out 1st periods are amazing, but clearly we're tiring down the stretch.

That being said, we are 15-6-3.  No complaints.

[Johnny 5]

Maybe we should play all of our games on the road!?

::bang::

[upprdeck]

Its strange that on the road we have come back several times and at home blown leads..  The crowd has been good.  Its the D that I worry about, maybe the pressure we generate early is masking the issues, but dang the clearing was just awful the 2nd half of that game last night

[scoop85]

After Yates missed the penalty shot I had a sense of dread that we were going to be in for a dogfight. You could see by the end of the 1at period that Yale's forecheck and quick counter-strikes were already causing us problems. Being unable to get that 3rd goal made the final result almost inevitable.

Nothwitstanding the regular season results, is there anyone here who would rather see Yale than say, Dartmouth in a playoff matchup?

[upprdeck]

it was a strange game though.. it wasnt like yale forechecked  us physically.. they just got in so deep we struggled to make solid passes.. yet when we did get the puck even out to our own blue line, we got guys thru time after time for scoring plays.  and Still the number of times the puck was sitting in the crease and we could connect with up was mind boggling.

It is something  that i hope on film they can correct, because our offensive zone pressure was really good once we got it in there.

it was frustrating to have the puck on a stick on our own end and just whiff on the clear though..  and they seem content to chip along the boards and it yale seemed to stuff it time after time.

[marty]

It is something  that i hope on film they can correct, because our offensive zone pressure was really good once we got it in there.

This is the potential silver lining.  To be continued.